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BATMAN YEAR ONE: Chatting Catwoman with Eliza Dushku

At San Diego Comic-Con, Voices From Krypton had the opportunity to sit down with actress Eliza Dushku to discuss her role of Catwoman in the animated filma daptation of Frank Miller's classic comic Batman: Year One.

BATMAN YEAR ONE: Official Announcement

Comics legend Frank Miller’s classic retelling of Batman’s gritty, formative days makes its full-length animated debut in Batman: Year One, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives October 18, 2011 from Warner Home Video as a Blu-ray™ Combo Pack ($24.98 SRP) and DVD ($19.98 SRP), On Demand and for Download. Order due date is September 13, 2011. 
   Batman: Year One is based on the landmark 1987 DC Comics titles from 12-time Eisner Award winner Frank Miller and illustrator David Mazzucchelli. The film depicts young Bruce Wayne’s return to Gotham City in his first attempts to fight injustice as a costumed vigilante. The playboy billionaire chooses the guise of a giant bat to combat crime, creates an early bond with a young Lieutenant James Gordon (who is already battling corruption from inside the police department), inadvertently plays a role in the birth of Catwoman, and helps to bring down a crooked political system that infests Gotham.
   Primetime television stars Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Ben McKenzie (Southland, The O.C.), Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) provide the core voices for Batman: Year One. Three-time Emmy® Award winner Cranston gives voice to young Jim Gordon, while McKenzie makes his animated voiceover debut as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Fanboy favorites Dushku and Sackhoff fill the roles of Selina Kyle/Catwoman and Detective Sarah Essen, respectively. Alex Rocco (The Godfather) is the voice of crime lord Carmine Falcone. Animation master Bruce Timm is executive producer of Batman: Year One. Directors are Lauren Montgomery (Superman/Batman: Apocalypse) and Sam Liu (All-Star Superman) from a script penned by Academy Award® nominee Tab Murphy (Gorillas in the Mist, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse).
   “Batman: Year One offers fans and newcomers alike an animated perspective on one of the true benchmark works in Batman comics history,” said Hersin Magante, Warner Home Video Marketing Manager, Family &, Animation.. “Bruce Timm and the Warner Bros. Animation team have gone to great lengths to realize Frank Miller’s ground-breaking, influential vision. Batman: Year One stands tall as the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie.” 

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: STARS WARS THE CLONE WARS' MATT LANTER (ANAKIN SKYWALKER)

Matt Lanter, who genre fans may recognize from season one of Heroes (he played Claire's would-be boyfriend/rapist), and who recently starred in the direct-to-DVD film War Games 2: The Dead Code, has taken on the role of voicing Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, both the film and forthcoming television series. In this exclusive interview with Voices From Krypton, he discusses the character, the show and what fans can expect.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: JAMES TUCKER ON "BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD"

Having recently put the animated Legion of Superheroes behind him, supervising producer James Tucker has segued over to Batman: The Brave and the Bold, a forthcoming Cartoon Network animated series that, taking a cue from the classic DC comic of the same name, will present adventures in which Batman teams up with a different character from the DC Universe each week. In this exclusive interview, James details his approach to the series.

EXCLUSIVE: THIS WEEK ON "SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN" WITH GREG WEISMAN

This Saturday's episode of Spectacular Spider-Man ("Natural Selection") introduces the Lizard as Spidey goes up against him for the first time. In this exclusive feature of Voices From Krypton, Greg Weisman previews the episode and also reveals plans for the DVD release of the episodes.

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THIS WEEK ON LEGION OF SUPERHEROES... WITH JAMES TUCKER

With only four more episodes of Legion of Superheroes to go, Voices From Krypton will offer weekly behind the scenes update on the show with producer James Tucker. In this week's episode, "Trials," the evil sorcerer Mordru has attacked the magical planet of Zarok, forcing the young and immature wizard Zyx to turn to the Legion for help.  While the Legion battles Mordru, Zyx must restore his own powers by passing a series of trials designed to prove his worth as a wizard. He'll have Kell-El along to assist. "Trials" was written by Steven Melching and directed by James Tucker.

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EXCLUSIVE: ALAN BURNETT ON THE FINAL EPISODE OF "THE BATMAN"

Throughout this past season, The Batman has had the Dark Knight teaming up with different members of the Justice League. Tomorrow, in what will mark the final episode of The Batman, the entire team is being brought together for one last adventure. Where the DC Tooniverse goes from here, of course, is anyone's guess, although the rumors are flying that there will be a Brave & The Bold series with Batman teaming up with different DC heroes in every episode. In the following exclusive interview with supervising producer Alan Burnett, just as he's done all season with VFK, he previews the new episode of The Batman.

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EXCLUSIVE: THIS WEEK ON "SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN" WITH GREG WEISMAN

Debuting tomorrow on the Kids WB, which airs on the CW, is The Spectacular Spider-Man, the brand new animated Spidey adventure developed by Gargoyles' Greg Weisman. In this exclusive interview, Greg discusses both episodes airing tomorrow and details the tone that they're going for with this series.

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EXCLUSIVE: PART 2 — DUANE CAPIZZI LOOKS BACK A THE WRITING OF "SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY"

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EXCLUSIVE: DUANE CAPIZZI LOOKS BACK AT "SUPERMAN: DOOMSDAY," PART 1 OF 4

While fans await the February arrival of Justice League: New Frontier, they've found great enjoyment in the Superman: Doomsday DVD. Now that film's writer, Duane Capizzi, is providing Voices From Krypton with an exclusive in depth look back at the making of the film. This is the first in a four-part interview.